Care for Children staff pictured here training local orphanage staff during an on-site training visit to one of their project sites
Care for Children: orphans into families
Started in 1998, Care for Children pioneered family placement care in China as a positive alternative to institutional care. The project has since grown from a small pilot project in Shanghai, to a nationwide project with repercussions throughout Asia.
It was the first joint venture social welfare project between the British and Chinese governments. Representing the British government, Robert Glover, together with his wife Elizabeth and their six children, moved from the UK to China to pioneer a new direction in China’s child welfare. At that time, there was no direct translation for the word “Foster Care” in mandarin. Robert was given an office in the Shanghai orphanage. The goal for the 3-year project was to place 300 children into local families, working in partnership with the Shanghai Civil Affairs. From the offset, Mr. Glover established an approach that was to be key to Care for Children’s on-going relationship in China, and the success of the project work. Rather than acting as a care-providing organisation that could only ever commit to hundreds, the goal was to provide skills and knowledge to local staff that could eventually impact many thousands of orphans in China. Now, Care for Children has expanded its step to Thailand, Hong Kong and the United States.
Care for Children exists to relieve hardship, distress and sickness in abandoned and orphaned children in Asia by the introduction of strategic initiatives in local family placement care as an alternative to institutional care, at the request of, and in cooperation with, government authorities. Care for Children gives orphaned and abandoned children living in institutions the chance to live in a family they can call their own, and develop into healthy, independent adults who can make a positive contribution to society.
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关爱儿童组织：帮助孤儿融入家庭
关爱儿童组织成立于1998年，它主张在中国以家庭护理代替机构护理。这一项目从最初在上海的小的试点项目，已经发展成为全球性的、特别是在亚洲反响强烈的项目。
起初，关爱儿童组织是英国政府和中国政府之间的一个社会福利合作项目。Robert Glover和他的妻子Elizabeth及六个孩子，代表英国政府，从英国来到中国，成为了致力于中国儿童福利的先锋。当时，汉语中对于“培养儿童”没有直接的翻译。Robert在上海孤儿院办公。这个项目历时3年，计划将300名儿童安置在当地的家庭中，并与上海市民政局合作。从那时起，Glover先生就建立了一个今后对于关爱儿童组织、对于项目的成功至关重要的关系。与仅仅能帮助几百人的公益机构不同，关爱儿童组织的目标是为当地的员工提供技能和只是，这样他们最终可以影响中国成千上万的孤儿。现在，关爱儿童组织已经将它的规模扩大到了泰国、香港和美国。
关爱儿童组织的存在是为了消除亚洲孤儿的困难、压力和疾病。为了到达这一目的，他们引入了以家庭替代机构的战略计划，因此，他们需要与政府部门进行合作。关爱儿童计划为孤儿和被遗弃的儿童提供居住在家庭中的机会，在那里，他们可以成长为健康、独立的成年人，可以为社会作出积极的贡献。